Nintendo Announces the 2DS
 

And no this isn't a joke

It's a cheaper version of the 3DS...t hat well does away with the 3D aspect.



Comes out Oct 12th, same day as Pokemon X/Y, for 130 bucks

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Wait wait wait. I've been out of the gaming um..game, for a while. What's the purpose of this? I thought the 3DS was to play 3D DS games...so why not just buy one of the other many DS versions if don't want that feature?

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The name is terrible, and good to see a real world example of it!

The 3DS is the sequel to the DS

Think of it as the GameBoy Advance to the original GameBoy.

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Yeah, 3DS is an entirely new console. Much more powerful than the DS as well - think something along the lines of a gamecube in terms of graphical power.

This thing is ugly as heck - but its intended audience is young kids who may otherwise break a hinge, and who aren't supposed to be using the 3D feature anyway. It looks like a toy because it is - it also looks really durable.

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Honestly it reminds me of the old tiger handhelds a bit.

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and speaking of tiger handhelds:

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Nerd has it all wrong

Those games were awesome!

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Lol no they weren't. In fact they were the most disappointing things I ever had as a child. That and the vr headset thing they made.

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They were pretty bad. I could honestly never figure out how to even play most of them. I had a Jurassic Park one, and to this day I do not know what I was supposed to be doing in that game.

Same with the power ranger's one.

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I'm gonna see if I can find some cheap ones on eBay.

Perhaps review em

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Oh god what a blast from the past! I remember those Tiger games. Im sure me or maybe my younger brother had a few of them. And Im sad to admit it but I think I owned that R-zone thing.

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I held a 2DS a few days ago. It was a non-working show model (weird), but at least it felt pretty comfortable to hold.

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I'm not interested in the 2DS. And Nintendo should finally integrate the second slider on the thing already.

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What other slider are you talking about?

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The thumb-pad I think. And extra shoulder buttons.

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I imagine he means the Circle Pad (Pro), and at this juncture would cause more headaches for so little gain that it isn't even worth it

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Yeah, I meant the circle pad pro. I've read the term slider used a lot so I thought it was the popular name.

Also, what do you mean, BaB? o.O Except for the secondary shoulder buttons I don't think it'd be that much of a problem.

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The major issue is that it splits the consumer base between people who have it and people who don't. Any 3DS model that comes out with a second analog stick would almost be like a new console and be 100% superior to the current versions.

It would alienate too many people who have a current model.

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And developers would have to make 2 control schemes for their games.

Anyway, I played the 2DS, it's a solid handheld. I still think it looks weird, with the 2 screens (even different sizes). But it lies really comfortably in your hands, which in the end is quite important. Felt better than my 3DS.

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So... I picked up one of these. It's actually not bad.

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Nice to hear!